Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures : A Guide to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Caribbean, Hawaii & Florida Keys (Paperback)

by Joyce Huber (Author)

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A Terrific vacation planner! Don't leave home without it. -- Ken Liggett, Underwater Sports of NJ

Worth waiting for! -- Pat Reilly, Travel Writer

Product Description
"Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures" is a guide to the best snorkeling and boat sites. It offers details on shallow reefs, shipwrecks, snorkeling cruises, beach & reef-front resorts, boat tours, and places to swim with dolphins and manatees. In addition, it contains advice on underwater photos and first-aid for coral cuts and sea stings. Finally, the book informs you about sharks--what you need to know.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: Photographics Pub; 1st edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964384418
• ISBN-13: 978-0964384415
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #951,575 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A terrific book for vacation planning, November 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures, 2nd edition (Best Dives, 5) (Paperback)

This is the best book for snorkeling I've ever found. The other books are so vague, they don't tell me much of anything. This one describes all the neat places to walk in from the beach and go snorkeling, how rough or calm the area is, how to get to various snorkeling beaches once I get there, whether the kids can safely swim in each area. It also has all the resorts that have snorkeling off their beaches, which is really nice for people traveling with small children and the airlines and travel stuff we need.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We love this book., August 17, 1998

By A Customer

My wife and I, both avid snorklers, picked up a copy for our trip to the British Islands and found some really neat new spots. This is a terrific resource.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Repeats the excellent tradition of the 1st edition, December 30, 2000

By	M. Broderick "mikebinok" (Oklahoma City, OK USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Best Dives' Snorkeling Adventures, 2nd edition (Best Dives, 5) (Paperback)

The book has very brief descriptions of snorkeling sites at a large number of different places. Most, but not all are Caribbean islands. There are also descriptions of other "traditional" snorkeling places, such as the Yucatan Penninsula and Hawaii. And there are two large sections on snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands. Several snorkeling sites are listed at each separate location, and useful advice and information is given for most. All sites are rated on a 1 to 5 "starfish" point system. About the only criticism I have of the book is that much of the hotel information seems to be pulled directly from the hotel's advertising about themselves. A little more independent commentary would be nice. The information is still useful as a starting point. Finally, for each location, there is useful information on weather, how to get there, and when to go. If you have the first edition of this book, I see little reason to purchase this new edition, however. I do wish a few other sites or activities had been included, in particular snorkeling with whale sharks off Northwest Australia. That's something that interests me, but there seems very little information on it out there. If you travel to snorkel, and don't have the First Edition, GET THIS ONE!